Box Score Mount Olive, N.C-- #20 Mount Olive used two five-run innings to win 13-7 and finish the 3-game sweep of the Bears on Sunday afternoon.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: #20 Mount Olive 13, Lenoir-Rhyne 7
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (2-5), #20 Mount Olive (6-1)
Location: Scarborough Field | Mount Olive, N.C.
STATS OF GAME:
- Mount Olive got on the board in the first before a 5-run second inning extended their lead to 6-0. Mount Olive's Dusty Baker, the hero in game 1 of the series, hit a lead-off homerun in the inning.
- LR had chances for big innings, in the 4th and 6th innings. Will Jones and Mike McHugh both got on to lead off the innings but in both cases only Jones came around to score on wild pitches.
- Ben Friebel, Michael Allen and Brett Fulk all came out of the bullpen to combine for 2 and 2/3 scoreless innings.
- Mount Olive had their second five-run in the 6th, scoring five runs on just two hits to give them the 13-3 lead.
- Brock Johnson added a two-run single in the Top of the 8th for the Bears.
- Jones went 2-3 with two runs scored. Jones has multi-hit games in three games already for the Bears.
- Freshman Caleb Fluno picked up his first career hit and rbi in the 9th with a two-out two-run single.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
- Fulk has 4 straight scoreless relief appearances to start the season. Fulk started seven games for the Bears last year and finished with a 3-3 record.
- Bears pitchers gave nine free bases today. For the three games series, Bears pitching had 23 total walks.
UP NEXT: Baseball will head to Southern Wesleyan for a Tuesday evening 5:00 PM first pitch
